PTI: more doors?

spaceace

11 Posts

#73370

Posted May 08, 2012

is there any way in the PTI to add additional doors?

Lpfreaky90

2,842 Posts

#73376

Posted May 08, 2012

Replied 33 minutes later

no. You can use panels though

mZLY

87 Posts

#73414

Posted May 08, 2012

Replied 3 hours later

The lack of doors and the huuuge size of the 'blocks' are the only things that disappointed me. Other than that I think it's pretty good.

spaceace

11 Posts

#73418

Posted May 08, 2012

Replied 20 minutes later

mZLY wrote:
The lack of doors and the huuuge size of the 'blocks' are the only things that disappointed me. Other than that I think it's pretty good.

the more I use it, the more I like it. I just wish we could have doors to lock/unlock with buttons etc. Otherwise, I think this rocks.

Lpfreaky90

2,842 Posts

#73433

Posted May 08, 2012

Replied 1 hour later

You can also use a laser field and a fizzler

The huge blocks is just the way the editor works:
Your p2c file (the file that's used by the easy-map-maker) Just says:

&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Voxel&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;{
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Position&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;11 13 5&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Solid&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;0&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Portal0&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;1&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Portal1&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;1&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Portal2&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;1&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;}

aka: position, and the colors that the faces are.

Then you have test elements:

&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Item&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;{
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Index&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;67&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Type&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;ITEM_SECONDARY_OBSERVATION_ROOM&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Deletable&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;1&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;VoxelPos&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;1 0 4&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;LocalPos&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;0 0 0&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Angles&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;-90 90 0&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Facing&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;0 0 0&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;}

aka: item, itemnumber, position and orientation

and finally connections:

&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Connection&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;{
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Sender&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;6&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Receiver&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;7&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Type&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;CONNECTION_CATAPULT_TARGET&quot;
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;}

Basically saying connection between item number 6 and 7.

As you can see this system is really really easy but it relies on the easy-ness of the position. That is why the blocks are limited to 128x128 so everything fits in

Kaleido

272 Posts

#73434

Posted May 08, 2012

Replied 3 minutes later

Damn, that means I can literally "type" a level out... that's fucking sick.

I guess you can technically do that with BSP as well, but it's WAY harder lol

Lpfreaky90

2,842 Posts

#73437

Posted May 08, 2012

Replied 19 minutes later

a bsp would be quite hard, because it contains a lot more information like lighting and stuff.
But yea you could write vmf's if you like. Sometimes if your vmf is screwed up notepad++ is your big friend

But yea, you can type a p2c; but the easy map maker would be easier!

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